Helping your teenagers through the exam stressMany young people will be under pressure but there are ways to make things easierSun May 13 2018 - 14:49
We are tip-toeing around our daughter’s bad moods in the morningIf we bring this to her attention, she turns it back on her siblingsSun May 06 2018 - 09:30
My 5-year-old son struggles when socialising with other kids in groupsI was very embarrassed and I’m sure everyone was thinking he was an ‘awful’ childSun Apr 29 2018 - 15:35
My daughter is excluded from the friendship groups in schoolWe are now in a situation that she will spend many lunchtimes on her ownSun Apr 22 2018 - 16:01
Half-full or half-empty? Cultivating a positive mindWhile largely thinking optimistically and being focused on the most positive explanation of events, sometimes it is helpful to think pessimisticallySun Apr 15 2018 - 06:00
My three-year-old is hitting out at his younger brotherWe are exhausted from the refereeing and repetitive behaviour and losing patience with the whole situationSun Apr 08 2018 - 14:36
Positive well-being: health, rest and fitnessGood mental health is rooted in the care of the bodySun Apr 01 2018 - 16:00
My 13-year-old son is watching pornography on his tabletI am worried that viewing porn at such a young age might mess up his expectations of sexSun Mar 25 2018 - 16:00
Positive well-being: Work to your strengths and find your flowWork becomes really meaningful when it expresses your strengths, inspires your passion and is aligned with your valuesSun Mar 18 2018 - 16:01
At night, my son smears poo on himself and his bedI get upset but he does not seem to care. It has been going on for five weeksSun Mar 11 2018 - 09:01
The importance of relationships and belongingThe importance of attending to our personal relationships and to the communities we belong toSun Mar 04 2018 - 16:01
Introducing my 4-year-old daughter to my new partnerWe both want more children and I feel if that happens then we would become a stronger family unitSun Feb 25 2018 - 16:01
The importance of self-compassion and self-acceptancePositive well-being – sometimes we are our own greatest obstacles to achieving happinessSun Feb 18 2018 - 16:00
How can I help everyone get along with each other in our blended family?I feel my partner favours his first son and excuses him of things he wouldn’t with our own childSun Feb 11 2018 - 12:00
The central role of purpose in a healthy outlook on lifePositive well-being – having purpose and creating meaningSun Feb 04 2018 - 19:00
My son is scared of killer dragons and monsters at bedtimeHis fears are genuine as he can look terrified when he thinks about the imagerySun Jan 28 2018 - 06:00
‘I want to make sure I don’t teach my son to just give in’Son (5) doesn’t like to lose and wants to drop out of football clubSun Jan 21 2018 - 06:00
Sibling bullying – what can a parent do?The two most common mistakes parents can make in reacting to bullying is to either not intervene at all or to intervene as a judge singling one child out for punishmentMon Jan 15 2018 - 08:01
I am father to a 14-year-old girl who has shut me out of her lifeWhat can I do to change things? How can I make a connection with her as her father?Sun Jan 07 2018 - 10:00
My daughter is only interested in playing with the boys in her classI wonder if we should be doing more to foster friendships among females – and if so, howSun Dec 31 2017 - 19:00
My son’s friend is smothering him – emotionally and physicallyI have also observed that other boys in the class leave the two of them alone and don’t try to interact with my sonSun Dec 17 2017 - 19:00
My 3-year-old stamps her feet when she doesn’t get her wayDoes she need to be disciplined for fear of her behaviour getting worse?Mon Dec 11 2017 - 08:01
How can I stop my 4-year-old throwing tantrums in shops?If we don't buy her toys or sweets, she often runs out of the shop with themSun Dec 10 2017 - 19:00
You can’t protect your children all the time – help them protect themselvesJohn Sharry on practical measures to help build resilience in your childrenSun Dec 03 2017 - 19:00
How can I help my daughter not to join in with bullying a classmate?She’s too young to have to worry about feeling it’s down to her to solve the problemSun Nov 26 2017 - 17:36
How to stop a child ‘falling in with the wrong crowd’Kids are influenced by peers and groups, but they can learn to say NoMon Nov 20 2017 - 06:00
My doctor just told me my 4-year-old son is overweightDo you have tips as to how I can help my children? I don’t want to make a big deal of itSun Nov 12 2017 - 19:00
Responsibility vs freedom: Teens who drink at home are more likely to binge‘Over-permissive’ or ‘disengaged’ parenting leaves children vulnerable and unprotectedSun Nov 05 2017 - 19:13
My daughter can’t fit in with peers in schoolShe is so down and desperately wants friendsSat Oct 28 2017 - 11:11
John Sharry: Talk early and often to kids about dangersSome parents worry that such conversations might put ‘ideas’ into impressionable headsSun Oct 22 2017 - 19:00
My nine-year-old constantly looks for reassurance that we love himIt’s becoming worrying for us now – we wonder if it is because he is an only childSun Oct 15 2017 - 19:00
Five ways parents can connect with their childrenHaving fun, sharing experiences and talking foster deeply satisfying relationshipsSun Oct 08 2017 - 19:00
She is stressed all the time and can’t enjoy being a parentOur baby is over his illness but my wife is so anxiousSun Oct 01 2017 - 16:00
Don’t be a helicopter parent, but don’t be permissive eitherA simple principle is to always proactively prepare children for any new challengeSat Sept 23 2017 - 11:27
My wife and I are arguing more and I don’t know what to doI do a three-day week, while she works full-time. But I’m stressed at home and in workSun Sept 17 2017 - 19:00
My ex is pressurising me to punish my son for not doing his homeworkI think she is over-reacting and making things worse by how she deals with himSun Sept 10 2017 - 19:00
My nine-year-old son tells me he has a ‘guilty conscience’We tell him to stop worrying, but it does not seem to be workingSun Sept 03 2017 - 19:00
My daughter is pressurising me to let her drink after the Junior Cert resultsI’m glad that she’s being so honest with me and I wonder now if I should relax my underage drinking ruleSun Aug 27 2017 - 19:00
Her brother has autism. How can we support our daughter?Because I have been focused on her brother, I think I have not been there for her as muchSun Aug 20 2017 - 18:00
Our 16-year-old is becoming aggressive and using drugsHe is displaying all the characteristics of troubling behaviour. I’m at my wit’s end and dreading the forthcoming Transition YearSat Jul 29 2017 - 18:00
My 5-year-old girl is petrified of having her nails cut?I had hoped she would grow out of this but, if anything, she seems to be getting worseTue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00
Should I bring my anxious daughter to therapy?The most crucial factor in successful therapy is actually picking the right therapistSun Jul 16 2017 - 16:00
My son is binge-eating in the middle of the nightI regularly come down to the kitchen in the morning to find that food for that day has been eatenTue Jul 11 2017 - 06:00
Help. My daughter dominates her older sisterI worry that my older child will get into the habit of losing out all the timeTue Jul 04 2017 - 06:00
My four-year-old is anxious about going to parties and swimming classesHe has now started avoiding things or telling me he doesn’t want to goTue Jun 27 2017 - 06:00
My six-year-old’s bedwetting is damaging his self-esteemWho or what is to blame? Send your parenting queries to health@irishtimes.comTue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
My daughter has a terror of vomitingSometimes she wakes up in the night panicking that she is going to get sickTue Jun 13 2017 - 06:00
My six-year-old says she wishes she was dead. What should I do?Will acknowledging the feeling feed it? Send your queries to health@irishtimes.comSun Jun 04 2017 - 12:00
Will my son be disadvantaged because we are older parents?My family and friends all have bigger families and I see all the children playing with one anotherTue May 30 2017 - 06:00
My three-year-old’s birth father now wants to be involvedThough I have told my daughter about him, he is still effectively a stranger to herSun May 21 2017 - 06:00
